Word of the Day - 10/23/2008

Brio

Brio is vigor; vivacity.

When Moses died, at the age of 120, he still had brio.

Although Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated. (Deuteronomy 34:7, NASB)

Note: The last act Moses did before dying was to view the Promised Land to which he led his people. This image, "Moses views the Promised Land" by Lord Frederic Leighton (1830-1896), was first published in 1881.